Confucian Role Ethics: Issues of Naming, Translation, and Interpretation

This chapter explores the arguments behind considering Confucian ethics as a kind of role ethics , as articulated by Roger Ames and others. I see at least three sets of concerns that animate the reasoning behind Confucian role ethics: naming, translation, and interpretation. In terms of naming, I discuss this project as an example of zhengming 正名, or proper naming, which is a common Confucian ethical project. Confucian thinkers are often preoccupied with appropriate categorization, one species of which is naming. The naming of Confucian ethics as role ethics, I argue, is not only consistent with but is situated in a larger Confucian concern with appropriate names. In terms of translation, I explore CRE in conversation with the translation theory of Lawrence Venuti, who argues against translations of “fluency” for an anti-domestication strategy—a method for translations to maintain some level of “foreignness.” Finally, I engage certain hermeneutic and interpretive assumptions about the very project of coming to understand “Confucian” ethics at all. In doing so, I also provide certain critical reflections on “role ethics” as a way of understanding Confucianism

Minimizing the Potential for Groundwater Contamination from Agricultural Point Sources

An activated charcoal filtration unit was designed to remove pesticides from leftover pesticide solutions and rinsates generated under farm-like conditions. The system, fabricated for less than $1400 using readily available components, effectively removed the pesticides atrazine, benomyl, carbaryl, fluometuron, metolachlor, and trifluralin from wastewater generated on the University of Arkansas Agronomy Farm located in Fayetteville, AR. A total of 2253 L of wastewater were treated using the system. Of these 1768 L were generated from washing out the spray tank (rinsates) while 485 L stemmed from leftover pesticide solutions that were mixed, but not applied. Typical initial pesticide concentrations in the wastewater were on the order of 500 to 1000 parts per million (ppm). The final pesticide concentrations remaining after charcoal filtration were generally less than 10 ppm. Approximately 1514 L of wastewater was treated with 23 kg of charcoal before the charcoal was replaced. This resulted in an estimated pesticide loading rate on the charcoal of 0.05 to 0.10 kg pesticide active ingredient per kg activated charcoal. Incubation of alachlor-treated charcoal with a mixed culture of microorganisms resulted in approximately a 30% loss of alachlor after 21 d. These results suggest that on-site degradation of spent charcoal may be a feasible alternative to incineration, however more research is needed to fully determine its potential. A reduced adsorption of methylene blue dye with increasing amounts of trifluralin sorbed to charcoal occurred. Activated charcoal treated with 222 mg/g trifluralin sorbed only 19% of the amount sorbed by the control with no trifluralin present. These results suggest that methylene blue or other dyes might be used to indicate the remaining adsorptive capacity of a charcoal used for removing pesticides from wastewater

Determining Pesticide and Nitrate Levels in Spring Water in Northwest Arkansas

Occurrences of pesticides in our nations ground water are on the rise. As states become aware of this problem and begin monitoring programs, incidence of contamination will probably increase. Since the problem of pesticides in groundwater is relatively new, little research has centered on the fate of pesticides after they reach the groundwater environment. In Northwest Arkansas efforts to monitor groundwater for pesticides have been small. Twenty-five springs in Northwest Arkansas were sampled in the fall of 1988, and spring of 1989. Analysis for atrazine, alachlor, metolachlor, diuron, and simazine in spring water was preformed using gas liquid chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography. No detectable residues of any of the selected pesticides were found. Northwest Arkansas is a leader in poultry production. Much of the manure from poultry houses is spread on the sourounding pastures. As this litter decomposes nitrates and phosphates are released. Nitrate and phosphate concentrations were also determined on water from the spring samples. No spring exceeded the EPA\u27s limit of 45 mg/L for nitrate in drinking water. The highest concentration for phosphate in any spring was 1.05 mg/L

Grandma

Hi, Margie. C\u27mon over and play jacks with me..

The Fisheries Subsidies Negotiations in the World Trade Organization: A Win-Win-Win for Trade, the Environment and Sustainable Development

This paper provides a brief overview of the fisheries subsidies issue and its history in the WTO. It then reviews the key elements of the United States\u27 position in the WTO negotiations and identifies some of the principal issues WTO Members will have to address in considering improved disciplines on fisheries subsidies

Senior Recital: Matthew David Mattice, saxophone

Kennesaw State University School of Music presents Student Recital: Matthew David Mattice, saxophone, from the studio of Sam Skelton.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1895/thumbnail.jp

Floyd J. Mattice, Tokyo War Crimes Trial Scrapbook

Floyd Julius “Jack” Mattice (1882-1970) served as an American Associate Counsel at the Tokyo War Crimes Trials (officially known as the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.) Specifically, Mattice was counsel for defendants Seishiro Itagaki and Iwane Matsui. Born in New York and raised in the Lima, Ohio area, Mattice moved to Rochester, Indiana in 1901. He read law in his Grandfather’s law office before enrolling at the University of Michigan School of Law, where he graduated in 1905. After law school Mattice began a legal career that spanned fifty years. Besides practicing law, Mattice held a variety of positions in public service and government, including Fulton County Prosecutor; Chief Deputy Prosecutor for Marion County; Indianapolis City Attorney; U. S. District Attorney in Indianapolis; Instructor of criminal law at the Indiana Law School; Special Agent for the U. S. Bureau of Investigation; Counsel for the U. S. States House of Representatives Select Committee on Lobbying; and Prosecutor of U. S. War Frauds. (Source: Rochester News-Sentinel, Dec. 30, 1970) This digitized scrapbook is believed to have been compiled by Mattice’s secretary while he served in Japan. Dated documents range from 1946 to 1950. It eventually became the property of his granddaughter, Linda M. Prall of Bloomington, Indiana. Ms. Prall presented the scrapbook to the Jerome Hall Law Library in July of 2015. The scrapbook contains both personal and professional papers documenting Mattice’s time in Japan. These materials were glued and taped into the scrapbook. In addition several documents were found loose within the pages of the scrapbook. Images were digitized, whenever possible, in the order they were found in the scrapbook. Among the contents of the scrapbook are official orders; memorandums; newspaper clippings; photographs; souvenirs; maps; telegraphs; and handwritten personal letters to Mattice. Additionally, the scrapbook contains several typed manuscripts, assumed to have been written by Mattice, and a three page handwritten Japanese character manuscript. The typed manuscripts include the following: - Typed manuscript entitled, “The Japanese People. - Typed manuscript entitled, “Causes of the Pacific War,” dated July 16, 1946.- Typed manuscript entitled, “International Military Tribunal for the Far East.”- Typed manuscript entitled, “Observations While Riding around Tokyo in a Jeep.”- Typed manuscript entitled, “Observations anent Japan,” dated July 11, 1946.- Typed manuscript entitled, “A Japanese Director’s Meeting,” dated July 12, 1946.- Typed manuscript entitled, “Small World,” dated July 12, 1946.- Typed manuscript entitled, “A Weekend in Tokyo,” dated July 15, 1946. The scrapbook measures 14” x 10.75” and contains twenty-five leaves. Documents are adhered to both front and back of each leaf. The book is bound between two red cover boards with ribbons holding the boards in place. A three dimensional origami figure is on the cover.https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/histdocs/1008/thumbnail.jp

Human Trafficking at the U.S.-Mexico Border

“Human Trafficking at the U.S.-Mexico Border,” Reilly Boales. The lack of enforcement of existing laws and improper procedure at the U.S.-Mexico Border are directly correlated with rising human trafficking rates, especially for sex trafficking and forced labor. Human trafficking leads to non-consensual sex work, forced labor, exploitation, illness and death. For my project, I examined how corruption in the U.S. and Mexican governments, demand for cheap labor, improper Customs and Border Patrol screening and American bias correspond with rising human trafficking rates. I utilized a wide range of peer reviewed sources to formulate a thesis as to why undocumented migrant women are so susceptible to coerced human trafficking, including recorded interviews from former trafficked women, smugglers and traffickers

Prospective observational study of point-of-care creatinine in trauma.

Background:Patients with trauma are at risk for renal dysfunction from hypovolemia or urological injury. In austere environments, creatinine values are not available to guide resuscitation. A new portable device, the Stat Sensor Point-of-care (POC) Whole Blood Creatinine Analyzer, provides accurate results in <30 s and requires minimal training. This device has not been evaluated in trauma despite the theoretical benefit it provides. The purpose of this study is to determine the clinical impact of the POC device in trauma. Methods:40 patients with trauma were enrolled in a prospective observational study. One drop of blood was used for creatinine determination on the Statsensor POC device. POC creatinine results were compared to the laboratory. Turnaround time (TAT) for POC and laboratory methods was calculated as well as time elapsed to CT scan if applicable. Results:Patients (n=40) were enrolled between December 2014 and March 2015. POC creatinine values were similar to laboratory methods with a mean bias of 0.075±0.27 (p=0.08). Mean analytical TATs for the POC measurements were significantly faster than the laboratory method (11.6±10.0 min vs 78.1±27.9 min, n=40, p<0.0001). Mean elapsed time before arrival at the CT scanner was 52.9±34.2 min. Conclusions:The POC device reported similar creatinine values to the laboratory and provided significantly faster results. POC creatinine testing is a promising development for trauma practice in austere environments and workup of a subset of stable patients with trauma. Further study is warranted to determine clinical impact, both in hospital-based trauma and austere environments

Genetic basis of hybrid sterility between Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis

Speciation is the underlying process that leads to formation of new species, and therefore is the basis of biodiversity. Genes involved in each stage of speciation, such as those involved in interspecies sterility, remain elusive. Male hybrid sterility and postzygotic isolation between Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis was examined in this study through backcrossing of female hybrids into each parental line (introgression), selecting for a sterile sperm phenotype, needle-eye sperm. Sperm phenotypes did not separate through backcrossing; instead, males presented with multiple sperm phenotypes. A relationship between the phenotypes observed and the potential genes involved was examined through whole genome sequencing and SNP analysis of the DNA of 20 introgressed male hybrid samples. One finding was SNPs for hybrid sperm sterility were species specific. Also, sperm sterility and heteromorphism appear to be controlled by many loci. Further analysis of SNPs isolated in this study has the strong potential to identify candidates for loci involved in formation of needle-eye sperm, and postzygotic male hybrid sterility in other species